Around this time every damn year, a bunch of mindless idiots cost my fellow taxpayers and I, millions of pounds in damaged public and private property. Even worse than this, an organised, bipartisan, vendetta is exacted against peace keepers (PSNI) for no apparent reason.

In Northern Ireland, the twelth of July has been a long standing day of celebration for the protestant/unionist/loyalist community. However, this is a celebration that is not without contention. In a country where political and ideological differences have resulted in a self segregated population, any celebration that promotes the pride of one community over the other is sadly sure to result in violence.

I blame religious ideology, a sectarian political establishment and unreason. If any of these time wasters, who undoubtedly identify with one community or the other along christian lines (Roman catholic or protestant), took stock in the true meaning of the 'Golden rule' (AKA "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"), then maybe we would have a much more progressive, prosperous and peaceful society.

-------------------------------------------------------On a related note of how religion and unreason make things sh*tty for the rest of us, the New Giants Causeway visitors centre includes an exhibit which "provides visitors with a fair and balanced view of how the causeway was formed". In other words, because Northern Ireland political heavyweights, such as the IDiot, Nelson McCausland believe in creationist rubbish, we'll intentionally take one of our best tourist attraction and make it a laughing stock for the rest of the world to see.

Just another reason why "I don't want to live in this country anymore".

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About the authors

Kevin Keenan is currently working towards a PhD in population and evolutionary genetics. His general research interests include; small scale intraspecific genetic divergence, speciation and phylogeography.

Uncle Mick is currently reading genetics at the University of Manchester.His interests include; the role of non-coding RNA in regulatory processes, molecular processes associated with sequencing technology, and the interactions between genotype and phenotype.